![]() The Indonesian disaster mitigation agency said one person was injured in Manggarai, on Flores island, and a school building and several homes were damaged on Selayar island, in South Sulawesi. Videos provided by the governor’s office in East Nusa Tenggara showed people screaming as they gathered on the street while the earth shook.Īnother video provided by the same source showed a slight increase in the level of water in one coastal area in the province but no major tsunami was reported. ![]() “It felt like a wave, up and down,” Zacharias Gentana Keranz, a resident of Larantuka town told the Reuters news agency. I am still … scared,” Nuraini, a resident of Adonara island, told the AFP news agency. Its epicentre was located 112km (74 miles) north of the town of Maumere, the second-largest on the island in East Nusa Tenggara province. The tsunami warning was lifted after about two hours.Īccording to the US Geological Survey, the quake hit at a depth of 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) under the sea. Why Indian economy rising to No.A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes in panic.īut Tuesday’s quake, which struck at 03:20 GMT, caused only minor damage and injured one person, authorities later said.In a first, Muslims raze ‘al Qaida-linked’ madrassa in Assam.Live: Rahul flags off 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Kanyakumari Sonia calls it a landmark occasion.India keen to bolster energy, other ties with Russia, says PM Modi.Income Tax department raids office of Centre for Policy Research. ![]() Cashback SBI Card is a must-have: Here's why.How 21K School is redefining digital education.Invest in Intel 12th Gen tech this Diwali.Sheikh Hasina confers scholarships on descendants of Indian soldiers killed in Bangladesh Liberation War.Tamil Nadu CM Stalin launches Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.HC directs special court to hear corruption case against Yediyurappa afresh.Maharashtra political crisis: Supreme Court to hear plea on 'real' Shiv Sena on September 27.Congress's pan-India 'Bharat Jodo Yatra': A political masterstroke or non-starter?. ![]() The epicentres of these earthquakes were located in areas of northeast Delhi, Rohtak, Sonipat, Baghpat, Faridabad and Alwar. The National Capital Region of Delhi and its surroundings had experienced minor and small magnitude earthquakes from April to August 2020. Based on the analysis of satellite imageries, signatures of active faults have been observed at various locations like Wazirabad, Timarpur and Kamla-Nehru-Ridge in Delhi Jhunjhunu and Alwar district of Rajasthan Sonipat, Sohna, Gurugram, Rohtak, Rewari and Nuh districts in Haryana and Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh. The NCS has deployed additional earthquake recording instruments for close monitoring of seismic activity in and around Delhi after the NCR region witnessed a series of tremors from April to August last year. Since last year, the Delhi-NCR has reported a few quakes, most of them of lower intensity. On June 20, a low-intensity quake of magnitude 2.1 hit the Punjabi Bagh area in the national capital. According to the NCS, the earthquake of magnitude 3.7 occurred at a depth of 5 kilometres at 10.36 pm. NEW DELHI: A medium-intensity earthquake hit Jhajjar in Haryana on Monday night, tremors of which were felt in Delhi and nearby areas, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
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